I get these random crashes in Assassin's creed 3 and other various games (maybe dx11 or dx10 is related? idk) and they are all related to the nvwgf2um.dll or nvd3dum.dll (though I haven't had any of the latter in a long time, I may have fixed those somehow). The same thing happens every time, I'm playing fine then all of the sudden out of nowhere the game freezes and either CTD's or show my cursor in which I have to the ctrl+alt+delete my way out of the game.
Here's my most recent crash log:
Faulting application name: AC3SP.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5155b537
Faulting module name: nvwgf2um.dll, version: 9.18.13.4052, time stamp: 0x53b44419
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0034beed
Faulting process id: 0x116c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfd38a09d95267
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed III\AC3SP.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2um.dll
Report Id: 0c8cfa3e-3f80-11e4-8fa4-d43d7ef2df1d
And here's my specs:
AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz 8-Core
MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+
Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM (2 of them)
Galaxy GeForce GTX 670 2GB
Rosewill 550W ATX12V / EPS12V
So far I've tried installing old, new, and beta drivers of many versions through many thorough methods, RMA-ing my GPU for a new one (used to have a 760), reseating the GPU multiple times making sure I have a good connection, and monitoring temps (they're fine).
This is a really frustrating issue and I can't really enjoy my games because I'm too afraid they're going to crash again. It's feels like I'm trying to go off-roading in a truck make of glass; it's just not enjoyable.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I get these random crashes in Assassin's creed 3 and other various games (maybe dx11 or dx10 is related? idk) and they are all related to the nvwgf2um.dll or nvd3dum.dll (though I haven't had any of the latter in a long time, I may have fixed those somehow). The same thing happens every time, I'm playing fine then all of the sudden out of nowhere the game freezes and either CTD's or show my cursor in which I have to the ctrl+alt+delete my way out of the game.

So far I've tried installing old, new, and beta drivers of many versions through many thorough methods, RMA-ing my GPU for a new one (used to have a 760), reseating the GPU multiple times making sure I have a good connection, and monitoring temps (they're fine).

This is a really frustrating issue and I can't really enjoy my games because I'm too afraid they're going to crash again. It's feels like I'm trying to go off-roading in a truck make of glass; it's just not enjoyable.

SonofRobin, you should check out this thread. It is the same crash problem you are experiencing but it is happening in many other games. This thread also has(or at least had) the attention of a Moderator.
[url]https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/773318/pc-games/dead-rising-3-random-crashes-/[/url]

SonofRobin, you should check out this thread. It is the same crash problem you are experiencing but it is happening in many other games. This thread also has(or at least had) the attention of a Moderator.